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I was really confused for two seconds

I was looking for a date for local elections and found some really confusing results – until I worked out there’s a town in Wisconsin called Sussex. It was founded in 1843 by a bricklayer from Beckley, a tiny town up the road from me. It must not have been incorporated until 1924, though – see the anniversary celebration.

It looks like a charming little town, with a leprechaun hunt and a village softball team. It’s probably a hotbed of neighborly intrigues and burning resentments, but heigh-ho.

They’ve ruined my theory that American small towns never call themselves villages unironically, though.

No elections in my village this year.

March 14, 2024 — 7:42 pm
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